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Martial arts: National award for Ron
RON HANCOCK, Senior Instructor of the Romsey Kyushindo Karate Club, has received another National Award from the British National Martial Arts Association. The award was presented at a ceremony in London for Ron's excellent work in helping young children
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Football: Returnees boost flagging Romsey
Romsey recorded their first win of the year with a deserved victory in the pouring rain at Jones Lane. Town's resurgence coincided with the return of three key players. Dean Constable was back in attack after a lengthy suspension and smashed home the
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FOOTBALL: M&T continue to improve
M&T AWBRIDGE gave another strong performance in drawing 2-2 away to high-riding Upham on Saturday. This was another occasion on which Awbridge will feel aggrieved not to have won. However, things could have been much worse as they played the final
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Sheppard's fight for fitness
BASINGSTOKE Bison forward Doug Sheppard is expected to win his battle and be fit for this weekend's games against a beefed-up Nottingham Panthers at home tomorrow before a long road trip to Dundee Stars on Sunday. The Herd's leading goalscorer picked
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Rose falls into pack
JUSTIN Rose slipped from sixth to a position in the middle of the pack after a second round 72 in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. The Englishman is tied for 41st in the five-round California tournament, but at least the extra 18 holes will give him more
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Hale standing by
NEW Salisbury City signing Shaun Hale is standing by for his full league debut at home to Chelmsford City tomorrow. The arrival of the 29-year-old former Havant & Waterlooville and Fleet player from Welling has coincided with an injury to another
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Holligan to be axed by Baird
GAVIN Holligan won't pull on a first-team shirt for Havant & Waterlooville again - if boss Ian Baird has anything do with it. The transfer-listed former West Ham and Wycombe Wanderers striker has been continually late for training since Baird took
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Fleet risk floundering
PAUL Holden leads his floundering Fleet Town troops to his old club, Walton & Hersham, tomorrow, admitting: "We're in a relegation battle now, that's for sure." When the former Crystal Palace youth/reserve team coach took charge in November, he was
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Pietersen turns on the power
Stand-in captain Marcus Trescothick today looked forward to the prospect of Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen batting together - after the Hampshire batsman blasted England to a six-wicket win over South Africa A. Without all-rounder Flintoff, who is
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Elektra (12a)
THE beautiful and deadly assassin Elektra (Jennifer Garner) returns to face an army of assailants with supernatural powers.
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Creep (18)
TRAPPED in the London underground, Kate (The Bourne Identity's Franka Potente) is pursued by a potential unknown attacker. This combined German/UK production is low-budget but it should satisfy thrill-seekers.
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Port cargo changes hands in new deal
A PRIME cargo-handling deal at Southampton docks has been struck with a huge account switching between rival stevedoring companies, it emerged today. Final details have yet to be thrashed out on the deal, which has been up and running since the beginning
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Secure online cruising
STAFF at Southampton-based marketing agency Lawton have developed a secure online booking facility for an international cruising company. Island Cruises is a joint venture between Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and First Choice Holidays established in 2001
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Relegation threatens all but two
With Trojans and Sandown & Shanklin fighting for the automatic promotion berth, attention switches to the relegation tussle involving - everyone else! Last weekend's results left the other eight teams in Hampshire One in the danger zone. Just two
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Gosport rocked by another crisis
Gosport & Fareham coach Sean Fanning was back on the phone this week calling in players from across the club as the problems that have beset their season return for the visit to Guildford. With Richard Hutchinson, James Barnes, Michael Cordner and
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Roadside shrine springs up after moped tragedy
FAMILY and friends have created a shrine to the memory of two teenagers killed in a road accident at Nursling. Hundreds of floral tributes and cards have been placed at the spot where 15-year-old Jamie Gosney and Lewis Grundy, 17, lost their lives last
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Wellow prepares challenge to social housing scheme
A FIGHTING fund has been launched in Wellow in a last-ditch bid to overturn plans for 10 new affordable homes in the village. Test Valley Borough Council's Southern area planning committee voted in September to recommend that the Western Challenge Housing
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Baddesley soldier woundd in Iraq
A RECENTLY-MARRIED soldier who has been living at North Baddesley was due to be flown home this week after being badly injured in a bomb attack in Iraq. Private Darron Curtis was one of nine British soldiers and several Iraqi civilians who were wounded
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Save Ampfield School campaign goes to Westminster
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save Ampfield's village school from closure have taken their case to the House of Commons. Hampshire County Council's executive member for education, Councillor Don Allen, ruled in October that Ampfield Church of England Primary
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Builders call for 300 extra homes at Abbotswood
AN inquiry into Test Valley Borough Council's planning policies for the future has been told by developers that the council should have allowed for 800 new homes at Abbotswood on the northern edge of Romsey. The council has earmarked the land for 500
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REVIEW: Jesus Christ Superstar
IT takes a brave man to try to outshine the Son of God, but that is just what Jon Boydon did in last night's performance of Jesus Christ Superstar at The Mayflower. Boydon, who only came into the musical at the last minute after Jamie Fox pulled out with
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Can this man end election row?
THEY fear they are in danger of losing the General Election before the date has even been announced. Now the Conservatives are hoping former Southampton MP Chris Chope will step into the row that has driven a wedge between local Tories and party bosses
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Help us find gangs who prey on elderly
CATCH these thieves before a life is destroyed. That is the plea from an elderly people's charity as detectives step up their hunt for the raiders who are targeting elderly women in their own Hampshire homes. Two more pensioners have fallen victim to
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Where smoke won't get in your eyes . . .
A PUB with atmosphere, not smoke. That is the sign that greets customers as they filter through the doors of a Chandler's Ford watering hole. By turning the King Rufus into a smoke- free zone, hosts David and Margo Fyfe have stolen a march on Eastleigh
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Pirelli dispute could end in strike action
WORKERS at Eastleigh cable-making giant Pirelli have voted to strike in a row over pay. "Frustrating" pay negotiations broke down after Pirelli bosses reportedly refused to budge from a 2.6 per cent offer. Members of two unions have backed a walk-out.
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Boatbuilder plots a course for success
WHEN their Hampshire company went bust owing more than £1m five months ago, the future looked bleak for the 50-strong workforce. Employees at Blondecell, Marchwood, not only lost their jobs but also missed out on wages and many worried how they would
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'Stoke have cause for win confidence
BASINGSTOKE RFC coach Jim Dixon is pleased his side have responded to the target he set, to make January 2005 a winning month. 'Stoke have won their last three games, which they had to do, given their predicament at the bottom of London one. After a poor
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Nurses quiz boss on ward closure
A DEPUTATION of more than 15 nurses from Andover War Memorial Hospital challenged health bosses this week - over rumours that Nightingale Ward is to close. They feared the ward would be shut after reports that 22 beds will be cut once the new nursing
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Sgt bids farewell
WHITCHURCH Sergeant Nigel Palmer is hanging up his uniform and packing his bags when he retires from the police force after 30 years. Next week Sgt Palmer will be handing over his uniform and preparing to set off on his travels across America for a year
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Red Cross Centre attacked
THE Red Cross Centre in Andover has been attacked yet again - just a few weeks after volunteers raised £3,257 for the tsunami appeal. It's the latest in a series of attacks by thieves and vandals which stretches back to last autumn. In the latest incident
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Barney braves beauty treatment
WHEN young Barney the West Highland terrier paid his first visit to a grooming salon he was fearless! But not all dogs are so laid back. "You see a dog come in looking sorry for itself and then leave, wagging its tail and happy to see its owner - I love
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No name news needs a title
TIDWORTH Develop-ment Trust is planning to launch a new publication which will be delivered free to every household in the Tidworth Community area on six occasions each year. While those behind the project have ideas, funding and a team of volunteers
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Gig of the week
ROCK legends Queen have got more tribute bands than Brian May has plectrums. And one of the best around is Gary Mullen and The Works who capture the majestic glory of the legendary rockers with their spectacular stage show. Readers will probably recognise
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Best of the Rest
HE'S known as the biggest loner in music, but if that means more cerebral acoustic tunes from the scruffy troubadour then long may Adam Green keep trailing the proverbial high road in search on contentment. The former Moldy Peaches cohort jets into the
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RS call time on their 34 years of football
RS BASINGSTOKE have played their final game, after resigning from the Wessex League last Sunday. It was a sad day for local football as another senior side have decided they have no choice but to call it a day. Mick Davis, chairman of the club, said:
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'Harry has been deeply hurt by Pompey reaction'
JIM SMITH admits Harry Redknapp has been deeply hurt by the reaction of some Pompey fans following his controversial south-coast switch. The Saints managerial team, left, are disappointed that the outstanding achievement of making Pompey a Premiership
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£850,000 CAMARA DEAL TOO RISKY?
Henri Camara's wages and a loan fee of £500,000 look set to scupper Harry Redknapp's hopes of signing the Senegalese striker. Wolves bad boy Camara is on loan at Celtic, who are keen to off-load the forward as they owe the final instalment of the British
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MEET THE FOCKERS (12A)
FOUR years ago, hapless male nurse Gaylord Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) met the parents of his beautiful girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo). It was an eye-opening experience to say the least. Pam's horticulturist father Jack (Robert De Niro) turned out to be a retired
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ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (15)
JOHN Carpenter's 1976 feature Assault On Precinct 13, a hyper-violent thriller inspired by Howard Hawks's Rio Bravo, is a bloodthirsty cult classic, distinguished by escalating tension, gallows humour and Carpenter's unsettling score. In this modern day
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CREEP (18)
SLIGHTLY tipsy after too much booze at a fashion industry event, ambitious model agency booker Kate (Franka Potente) staggers home at midnight, electing to take the underground. Drifting off to sleep as she waits for the last train, she wakes to find
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Kemp keen for Lovell to follow his lead
GRAHAM Kemp will accept the offer of a two-year contract to remain as manager of Brockenhurst. But whether he can keep veteran striker Jason Lovell on board with him at Grigg Lane remains to be seen. "More than anyone in the Wessex League, Jase is his
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Warren injury gives Eastleigh more woe
Just when Paul Doswell thought the worst of Eastleigh's injury crisis was over, the Ryman Premier play-off chasers have lost another key player. Ex-Saints and Bournemouth full-back Christer Warren, pictured left, could potentially miss the rest of the
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Minibus driver may get a game!
Southampton's relegation survival prospects are on the line when they take a decidedly scratch side to third-placed Dorking in London Four South-West. Entrenched in the bottom two alongside Romsey on four points, the Saints are minus at least seven regulars
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Jo's tsunami story is a show stopper
A YOUNG woman from Copythorne who escaped the horror of the Boxing Day tsunami in Thailand is now backing the worldwide support for the disaster fund. Jo Dixie. She had been working in the Thai resort of Khao Lak and after running from the massive and
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PREVIEW: Ziggy's Band
IT wasn't only the Spiders from Mars who were Ziggy's band. Thousands of teenagers about Britain in the early 1970's were too. This fanaticism for David Bowie is the inspiration behind a new youth musical by Southampton playwright Mark Wheeller which
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Charity unites rival Cup fans
SIDE by side. It is a sight that is not often seen on the south coast as rival Saints and Pompey fans stood united in the name of charity. Soccer teams from TML Financial Solutions in Parkway, Whiteley, today took part in the fundraiser just hours before
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Schoolmates' tribute
A COLLECTION is being organised at a school in Southampton to raise money for a memorial wreath for a former pupil killed last week in a moped accident. The school council at Oaklands Community School in Lordshill has come with the idea as a way of paying
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Bus named in memory of Daphne
A BUS has been named after one of its most popular passengers who died last year aged 82. Bosses at Uni-link, which operates a fleet of 15 buses across Southampton, came up with the idea to remember Southampton pensioner Daphne Topple who made cakes for
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Parents warned over 'tax on truants'
CHILDREN who regularly bunk off school could give their parents a financial headache under new tougher anti-truancy measures. From next month parents or carers who fail to ensure their children attend schools in Wiltshire run the risk of being issued
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Let's make Andover gateway to the west
ANDOVER could become Britain's very own answer to the American city of St Louis, Missouri, a councillor has suggested. The stateside city's distinctive arch markets it as the 'Gateway To The West' and the equivalent could be done for Andover as the 'Gateway
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A tale of two Towns
ONE of the major targets set by Ernie Howe at the start of the season was for Basingstoke Town to improve their home record. After a poor 2003-2004 campaign at the Camrose - they lost 14 games in all competitions - Howe knew it would be vital they made
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Ice cool successes
BASINGSTOKE teams continued to dominate the British synchronized skating championships on Sunday. The three teams, coached by Melissa Galvin, shared two golds and a silver medal but the presentation ceremony was halted by a fire alarm, which meant the
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SIDEWAYS (15)
THERE is a dark horse cantering hard on the rails at this year's Oscars, and its name is Sideways. Showered with countless rosettes from the critics, Alexander Payne's fourth feature as writer-director is another bittersweet survey of the human condition
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CINEMA LISTINGS
Films showing in the Hampshire region until February 3. THE AVIATOR (12A) Martin Scorsese's lengthy biopic of reclusive industrialist Howard Hughes, paints a vivid and sumptuous portrait of the Hollywood golden age. Leonardo DiCaprio is incredibly assured
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House Doctor offers vendors a diagnosis
A RETIRED Basingstoke GP is the first "patient" for the House Doctor, a new property service introduced by an estate agent and an interior designer. Michael O'Shea, owner of the independent estate agency Keel Barrett, has called in designer Marina Wooldridge
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Meet the Fockers (12a)
THIS sequel to the 2000 hit Meet the Parents is as good as the first instalment - and that's a rare thing. Actually, it's not such a surprising event when you have director Jay Roach at the helm. Still fresh from cutting his teeth on the Austin Powers
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Assault on Precinct 13 (15)
THIS remake of John Carpenter's 1976 film turns the police into the bad guys. A police captain must rally the cops and prisoners together to protect their precinct on New Year's Eve, just as armed criminals surround the station with the intention of releasing
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In Port
Today's Principal Arrivals: La Surprise, ro/ro, 0230, 105; CFF Seine, ro/ro, 0530, 30; Don Juan, vehicle carrier, 0530, 34/35; Kathrin, cargo, 0600, 36S; Autofreighter, ro/ro, 0730, 201; OOCL Los Angeles, container, 0800, 206; Clonmore, container, AM,
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Carousel
FOR an actor to give a good performance, it is important that he gets to really know his character. For Southampton Musical Society member Patrick Stewart, he's really familiar with his stage persona because for the fourth time, Patrick will take the
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Lapstone regulars aid Tsunami Appeal
CUSTOMERS at the Lapstone pub in Botley Road, Horton Heath, took part in a charity auction, raffle, and quiz to raise more than £6,000 in support of the Daily Echo-backed Southampton Council of Faiths Tsunami Appeal. Items up for grabs included seats
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Hospital forced to close all its beds
A NEW Forest cottage hospital is axing all 20 of its beds. The drastic trial measure is being taken after bosses imposed restrictions on employing bank and agency staff due to a £9.8m cash crisis. As a result they do not have enough staff to cover the
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When moving is down to a fine art
SOLDIERS from Tidworth's 1PWRR are about to move lock, stock and barrel to Germany and for the well- oiled British Army moving units around the globe is something that is second nature. However, moving home for the dependents of soldiers could be a much
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DLO's double whammy
ANDOVER'S Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) reacted quickly to help those suffering from the Asian Tsunami disaster. As soon as the Defence Transport and Movements Agency based at the DLO in Andover heard the news they started thinking about what the
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Bus partnership forged
A NEW partnership has been launched with the aim of improving bus services in Wiltshire and Hampshire. Wiltshire County Council, Hampshire County Council, Tid-worth, Netheravon and Bulford garrisons, the Wilts and Dorset Bus Company and Stagecoach signed
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Dance and film project plan
A DANCE and film project designed to cater for young people in the Tidworth area is planned to start in April. The project is to especially target youngsters in Ludger-shall and the Collingbournes who may not attend traditional youth clubs at present.
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Testway Transform launch
SOME 1,000 red balloons will be released into the skies on Valentine's Day to launch Testway housing's new fundraising initiative, Transform. The new fundraising arm of Testway Housing is due to be launched on 14 February, with a spectacular charity balloon
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Runrig
SCOTTISH Gaelic rockers Runrig play the Guildhall in Southampton on February 8 as part of a massive UK tour. The Celtic legends are celebrating over 30 years in the industry having become one of the most synonymous folk-rock bands around. Runrig formed
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Tarr backs Town to end sticky run
BASINGSTOKE Town goalkeeper Scott Tarr has backed the side to emerge from their recent slump and go on to achieve their target of making the Nationwide South play-offs. The 33-year-old ex-captain believes Town have got what it takes to get back on track
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PAPARAZZI (15)
Bo Laramie (Cole Hauser), a rising star on the action movie circuit, finally hits the big time: fame and fortune come a-calling, including many of the drawbacks including the paparazzi, who refuse to give Bo and his family a minute's peace. A simple outing
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Energy firm to cell shares to finance development
A REVOLUTIONARY company is to float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in a bid to make its technology a global leader. The flotation, which will take place next week, is set to raise Basingstoke-based Voller Energy a massive £10million. Voller
